Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-12

The country south of Fort Benton is
nearly all afloat.
The Great Falls Tribune charges Taylor,
of Choteau, with the defeat of Cascade
County with his Teton bill.
Veterinary Surgeon Holloway has caused
a number OF horses near Saltwater, Yellow
stone valley, ascertained to be affected
with CHAMBERS, to be shot.
The Secretary of the Interior, on the
7th instant. allowed the claim OF j. H.
Nixon. of GallatiE county, for damages by
the Sioux and Arapahoes in 1881 at $4l4.
The Miles City journal wants a food to
help clean the streets and alleys of that
town, as otherwise it despairs of the puri-
~ication of which they are SO badly in
need.
For several weeks past the Northern Pa
cific has averaged a car load of immigrants
each day. They are mostly destined Tor
Washington Territory Inc the Pacific
coast.
The loss of stock so far in Fergus county
is estimated at 25 per cent. OF cattle and
10 per cent. of sheep. Snow in that re-
gion has been rapidly disappearing in the
last few days.
Captain N. P. Osgood, OF Miles City, finds
but 500 dead cattle along the Yellowstone
| OSNI IL COuhlIy Lie D1UtI nave ttV0u
working, and over 5000 live ones were
thrown out of the bottoms by him and his
party.
At an election held last Thursday in Mis-
soula to vote IN the question of levying a
tax OF two mills on the dollar for school
purposes, in School District No. 3, there
were 40 votes cast-37, tax yes; 2, tax no.;
1, tax "now."
Territorial Treasurer Preuitt filed his
bon d Tuesday in the required sum of
$15O.OOO. The ~sureties are G. A. Broad
water, D. A. G.. Floweree, John c.. Curtin,
John Kinna, Thomas Cruise and w. B.
Hundley.
s. A. Sweeney stock INSPECTOR for Cho-
teau county, has been succeeded by VIM.
Thomas. The new appointment was made
in Difference to the wishes OF the people of
that county. who desired one of their own
residents to fill the place-not because Mr..
Sweeney was incompetent or unsatisfac-
tory.
A Saltwater dispatch SAYS DR.. Holloway
pronounced the case of some horses he
went there to examine to be CHAMBERS. 1t
also says CHAMBERS prevails through eastern
Montana, and DR.. Holloway has killed
hall a dozen or more horses along the line.
1t ls curious that CHAMBERS, heretofore I'M
known in Montana, should have developed
so suddenly upon change of vets.
People who have read the absurd stories
OF mortality among Montana cattle. are
surprised upon riding through the Yellow
stone Valley that no carc1sses are seen |
from the trains. Yet it is upon the bottoms
ira versed by the railroad that The great
majority OF carcasses are said to lie. 1t is
clear that the bottoms are not nearly so |
thickly strewn with carcasses as reported, |
Billings Gazette.
A. H. Terrett. Of Brandenburg, Montana, |
the suggestion that in order to an.
the loss of cattle in Custer
County. every man be requested to cut
close to the head of the uppermost ear OF
each animal. found dead, and if possible
note the brand in order that each com
pany may have some idea of their loss.
BY taking off the ear no two men would
rount the same animal, and each and every
man be requested to send in his report the
last OF March, as also a report for April.
The Bitter Root Valley is already ~receiv-
ing large additions to it's population this
Last Wednesday a party of seven
zen from Alabama arrived. and a few
previous a colony of fourteen from
'reene County. Missouri, came in to settle
Ind grow with the country. The latter
party brought a lot of fine horses with
hem, and since their arrival have mr.
chased about Sc, 900 worth of wagons.
appear to have plenty of money. and
mean Observation-Disclosures County Times.